Guy wrote:Dear All,
Here is a link to the first time this question was asked on the board, in 2005. Makes for a funny trip down memory lane. Note that the outrageous expected gas price was $2.00/gallon, up from 1.77.
http://mikenchell.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1802&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=gas
That is funny. We are like the proverbial frog in the pot of slowly heated water. As long as gas prices go up slowly, we can't get enough of our big, gas-guzzling SUVs. The Ford F150 full-sized pickup is still the number one seller in the USA, even with it's terrible fuel economy.
That's why I have my doubts about big oil raising the prices too much, too fast. They need to boil us slowly. But, on the other hand, there is a big election in 2012, and they really want a rich white guy back in the white house, so I'm not sure what their top priority is.
It's a crap shoot. And. it's out of the hands of a regular working man like me.
All I want is for more European cars to make their way here. I would really love my next tow vehicle to be a Q5 with a diesel. But Exxon-Mobil wants my next tow vehicle to be a Suburban. After November 2010, I'm pretty sure what's going to be available to me.
BTW, Ford, GM and Chrysler could easily build the kind of TV I want to buy right here in the US, but so far, they aren't.
CD